In children with Friedreich ataxia, muscle and ataxia parameters are associated

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 529-534

  Sival, Deborah A ^a   Pouwels, Maria E ^a   van Brederode, Agnes ^a   Maurits, Natasha M ^a   Verschuuren Bemelmans, Corien C ^a   Brunt, Ewout R ^a   du Marchie Sarvaas, Gideon J ^a   Verbeek, Renate J ^a   Brouwer, Oebele F ^a   van der Hoeven, Johannes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79956060329     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03931.x     Document Type: Article

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